Saturday, 7 December 2019

This year's Xmas CD cover

This was a collaboration with my daughter, who can share the blame/credit:

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12 comments:

The Jannie said...

Is that the flame of British democracy fizzling out?

7 December 2019 at 19:29
Mark Wadsworth said...

No, it's much easier than that.

8 December 2019 at 10:33
DAD said...

XMAS - what the bl**dy hell is that? Are you too ignorant to use the proper name for this time of year - CHRISTMAS?

10 December 2019 at 09:02
Mark Wadsworth said...

D, many European cultures have had some sort of celebration in late December. Nobody knows who copied what from whom, and "X" is used to indicate "unknown".

10 December 2019 at 11:40
Bayard said...

If you want to be pedantic, and I do, you could point out that the time of year is called Christmastide, not Christmas, which is just the twelve days at the end, or, more increasingly nowadays, the day at the end, with the tree going in the bin on Boxing day.

10 December 2019 at 14:41
Mark Wadsworth said...

B, I call this time of year "December".

10 December 2019 at 15:10
ThomasBHall said...

Xmas is actually OK for traddies too apparently- the "X" is the sign of a cross. My very traditional mother told me this as a child, and she doesn't allow chocolate in Advent calendars, or a Christmas tree before Christmas day ;)

10 December 2019 at 15:31
Mark Wadsworth said...

TBH, good point.

10 December 2019 at 16:19
Bayard said...

Mark, what even the bit of Christmastide that now falls in November?

10 December 2019 at 18:39
Mark Wadsworth said...

B, no part of November falls in December. Our tree and lights go up 1st December, come down 31st December (or first thing 1st January), end of.

There are five seasons - spring, summer, autumn, December/Xmas, winter.

10 December 2019 at 20:55
Bayard said...

Ah, but Christmastide starts when the first Christmassy things appear in the shops, and they start playing Christmassy music, like that hideous Slade song. That can be even before November. I think you are confusing Christmastide with Advent.

11 December 2019 at 10:53
Mark Wadsworth said...

B, December is December. I'm not confusing anything with anything.

12 December 2019 at 19:45

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